Book cover Grasset

“Smile”, my little jasmine leaf in the shape of a smile, illustrates this book cover for ‘Maquillée’ by Daphné B. published by Grasset.

The book was awarded the prestigious Prix des libraires du Québec 2021.

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This is not a book about make-up.

It's an unprecedented journey, a dive into a little-known universe of glitter and lip gloss, whose rules and players, products and values, speak volumes about our consumerist and digital society.

An investigation into an industry worth billions of dollars and the dream of millions of people across the planet.

A feminist mediation on beauty, appearance and identity.

A literary Odyssey in which Daphné B. takes us on a journey to think about our society, based on an object we think is frivolous, but which in itself sums up our desires and troubles.

From the corridors of Kylie Jenner's company to the mica mines in India, where children extract the powder from our eyeshadows, from Plato to Anne Carson, via Ovid, Foucault and Bell Hooks, she explores the world of beauty and mixes references to tell us about ourselves, our shadows, our flaws and our ways of shining.